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Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed
Media 2025-07-18 11:16 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

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ACCC won’t oppose Omnicom’s $21B acquisition of Interpublic
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-17 11:42 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The ACCC will not oppose the Omnicom Group’s planned $21 billion acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies, with the regulator finding the transaction was not likely to substantially lessen competition.

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Rival real estate portals REA, Domain resolve case
Real Estate 2025-07-10 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portals Domain and REA Group have settled a lawsuit that alleged Domain scraped photos and floorplans from REA’s exclusive listings for its property reports.

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Radio giant scapegoated 2Day FM royal prankster, lawsuit says
Media 2025-07-08 11:36 pm By Sam Matthews

A 2Day FM host behind a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was staying in 2012 alleges he was “hung out to dry” by the radio network after a nurse’s death by suicide.

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Public court lists not ‘free for all’, tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-07 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases broke privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped, saying the public nature of court lists doesn’t make republication a “free for all”.

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ACCC accuses Australian Gas Networks of greenwashing with ‘love gas’ ads
Greenwashing 2025-06-26 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The competition watchdog has brought proceedings accusing Australian Gas Networks of greenwashing by running ads containing unqualified statements that renewable gas will be available to households within a generation. 

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Antoinette Lattouf wins $70,000 in unfair dismissal case against ABC
Employment 2025-06-25 11:06 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has awarded former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after finding the national broadcaster unlawfully terminated her employment because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

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Nine says contempt bid against lawyers, journalists ‘doomed’
Media 2025-06-25 11:34 pm By Andy Sidler

Nine has argued a contempt bid by intervenors in Antoinette Latouff’s dismissal suit against the ABC is “doomed” given the articles  at issue were published a year before a suppression order was made.

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With its ‘significant’ reputation, IMDb wins challenge to Zumedia trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-06-24 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Movie database giant IMDb has won a stoush with media company Zumedia, with IP Australia finding Zumedia’s ‘DMDb’ trade mark was likely to cause confusion.

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Mamamia, News Corp taken to court over medicinal cannabis ads
Media 2025-06-24 11:48 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has dragged Mamamia and News Corp-owned Body + Soul magazine to Federal Court over alleged unlawful medicinal cannabis advertising.

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